Tree houses are buildings constructed among the branches or next to the trunk of one or more mature trees, and are raised above the ground. Tree houses can be built for recreation or permanent habitation. Generally, the term “tree fort” is used only for recreational structures and not permanent homes. In this post you can see the 8 of the most amazing tree houses ever built.
1. These incredible looking tree houses are called ‘Free Spirit Spheres’ and are designed by Tom Chudleigh, and is an eco-friendly living quarter that was created to co-exist unobtrusively with its forest environment. Wooden spheres are built much like a cedar strip canoe or kayak, suspension points are similar to the chain plate attachments on a sailboat and the stairways hang from a tree much like a sailboats shrouds hang from the mast. If you are more curios about these awesome tree houses you can see tour of this tree house in the video below.
2. The 4TreeHouse was designed by Lukasz Kos a masters student at the University of Toronto’s School of Architecture & Design. Posing as a Japanese lantern on stilts, Kos’ creation floats within the fir trees on Lake Muskoka, Ontario, an elegant slatted structure that scales the trees and lets light radiate down it’s core. - Via - Inhabitat
3. Sybarite is one of the most exciting architectual practices in London. The conceptual treehouse pictured above is one of the projects from UK-based Sybarite design. This treehouse is a modular system which capitalises on the beauty of its setting whilst minimising its impact upon it. The layout, along with panoramic windows, maximise benefit of the sun path, orientated so the kitchen enjoys morning light whilst the living and bedroom spaces have the pleasure of the sunset and twilight. The flexible form, comprised of modular prefabricated sections, enables configurations ranging from one to five bedrooms. The company’s site reports, “The prefabricated design can be installed on site within two weeks and is extremely lightweight, uses many recycled products, is part self-sustainable and low on maintenance.”
4. Three MIT designers - Mitchell Joachim, Lara Greden and Javier Arbona - created this living tree house in which the dwelling itself merges with its environment and nourishes its inhabitants. This home concept is intended to replace the outdated design solutions at Habitat for Humanity. Until now this house is just a concept, an a really cool one. Despite its odd exterior, the house will look normal on the inside. The walls, packed with clay and plastered over, will keep out the rain, and modern technology will be welcome. You can find more informations about this project here, and below is a short video ( 18 sec ) that presents the house.
5. This amazing treehouse above was designed by Takashi Kobayashi, one of japan’s leading treehouse creators. This house was designed after an advertising agency in Tokyo, hired him to design a treehouse for a Nescafé commercial now running on Japanese television. Mr. Kobayashi built an oval bird’s nest of a house, 12 feet high and 9 feet in diameter, reached by a circular staircase, and the final price for this tree house was about $38,000. The house is located on a field there owned by the town of Kamishihoro, where it remains an enticing, if off-limits, gift from Nestlé, the makers of Nescafé, to the people of Hokkaido. - Via - NyTimes
6. German cooperative Baumraum knows how to keep imagination alive in their homes. They create treetop dwellings which integrate beautifully into their forested surroundings, and preserve the integrity of the trees that support them. With the breezy playfulness of a hammock and the trusted stability of an old oak tree, baumraum won’t make you grow up to enjoy a sophisticated house. Now you can have your very own treehouse with a cool design thanks to Baumraum an architects studio from Germany.
7. Dustin Feider had a different vision: one that would be good for the tree, the environment and the deep human need to reconnect with nature and our primordial roots. Through his company, O2 Treehouse, Feider is out to revolutionize not merely treehouses but the entire concept of habitat. All the materials used for the treehouse are entirely recycled - and while the original O2 Sustainability Treehouse is 13 feet wide, interiors and sizes can be customized according to customer specifications.
8. When the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland laid out plans to create the largest public gardens in all of Europe, they commissioned the TreeHouse Co. to create a gigantic tree house that would house a 120-seat restaurant, a retail shop, two classrooms, and tow private dining rooms. Opened in January, 2005, the Treehouse at Alnwick Gardens is a labyrinth of turrets, treetop walkways, and cavernous spaces. At 6,000 square feet, it’s one of the largest wooden tree houses in the world.
Published by Michael January 8th, 2008 in Architecture
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Undoubtedly these pictures make you dream about living in one of the picturesque houses. I`d love the idea to wonder these creations at the neighbourhoods in Toronto where I`m living. It makes you also optimistic about the future that the desire to create beauty would not fade away.
Thank you for the experience!
Very Cool
Nice….fix typos.
Alnwick is also home to Alnwick Castle, otherwise known as Hogwarts from the first Harry Potter film. It also has the most wonderful man-made water feature you’ll ever see.
The tree house is phenominal and can only be appreciated by seeing it in the flesh. It also has walkways through the trees leading from the treehouse. Stairs also allow you climb over the roof of the tree house.
If your ever in the North East of England, make a date to go to Alnwick!!!
They are all great but the Takashi Kobayashi one is genius. Simple, functional, cheap, open to the sun in winter yet providing a fantastic shadow during summer. So Japanese. I love it.
fantastic!
i love no.2.
it’s cool idea
Amazing.
I love it.
Wow. I especially love the first one!
The best treehouse in recent times is easily Andrew Maynard’s Protest Shelter.
http://www.andrewmaynard.com.au/Site/houses/Pages/Styx_Protest_Shelter.html
It is a great structure, while also being environmentally and politically savvy.
its amazing
Brilliant. Remind me of Myst. Wish you’ll remove the Nestlé advertising though, feels contradictory of the theme.
You might enjoy pics of the treehouse we built last summer:
http://julieandsteve.multiply.com/photos/album/1/Treehouse
OOPS.. I accidentally started a forest fire..
*walks away*
Id like to use one to hunt deer and coyotes.
Good idea.
This will always be my favourite …
http://www.yesterland.com/treehouse.html
i would like fucking with a good & pretty girl in that treehouses . you can add me to my e.mail
The first one looks as if it was from the Myst series
its very beautiful ! !
and cool ! ! ! !
i wish i was have lived in one of them with my love…!
i would so live in a treehouse it would be the coolist ever. i like cheese and eggs. famly guy is the best show ever
It is said that in ancient Lemuria, people lived in the trees… now I see the incredible possibilities :)))
Many Thanks!
Pat Crosby
Whoa. Me and my grandpa (please note that I am 11 years of age) are trying to build a tree house and I assure you it will not appear on this website!
Cheers- Shelby
Wow! These tree-houses are simply amazing. The are no words I can conjure up to describe the wonderful quality and beauty of the simple idea of a tree house. I loved it and will share these pictures with many a people.
Thanks! I enjoyed these pictures and videos alot!
I will be looking to build a tree house, but only wishing it would be one like this.
-Hannah (age 12) =]
Holly CRAPPPP these are cool
i see all theese great trees but try and build one on a palm tree to show my dad it is possible!
beutiful houses & also like to see some more beutiful houses. thank you…
I luv house numba 2 + 3
WOW! all of these treehouses are amazing! i especially like the 3rd and 4th one! great architecture! thanks!